Rich Carb

hi red , I too have a bracket car , welded dist, it starts and stays at 36 degrees all the time , it starts becuase of cam overlap nothing else, and i am running 12.5 pistons , with a real world comp of about 11.75. converter is 4000 ..and hits at 4400....the only thing i did do was phase in the dist. at tdc before welding it... so lets see ......i have 35 inital plus 35 total ...70 right ? ..LOL.. beats me ....but if he has a valid point i would like to know .